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At Least Three Dead In Montauk Highway Crash

2009_07_copiac.jpg Yesterday afternoon, a deadly crash unfolded on the Montauk Highway when a 2009 Mitsubishi crashed into a Ford Windstar minivan in Copiague. According to the Suffolk County Police, Damian Dudkiewicz, 25, lost control of the Mitsubishi while driving eastbound; he "slid into oncoming traffic at 4:28 p.m." and struck the westbound minivan driven by 50-year-old Rosanna Attaguile. Two of the passengers in Dudkiewicz's car were killed while Attaguile's mother was killed. Dudkiewicz suffered non-life threatening injuries while another passenger was badly injured; Attaguile and her father were treated for their injuries—both had broken ribs and collapsed lungs. A volunteer firefighter told Newsday that Dudkiewicz "was conscious, but at the same time, we didn't know if he had brain damage or something. He kept asking: 'Where am I? Where's my fiancee?'" (The fiancee was killed.)The Daily News suggests the crash may have been "sparked by a possible drag racing contest."

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  • mocanlagunas

    Also, not a good weekend to be in Ford Windstars (see crash in Westchester Co. where a woman was driving the wrong way...)

  • John Del Signore

    Is it just me or does it seem like the drivers usually survive these horrific accidents?

  • mocanlagunas

    "we didn't know if he had brain damage or something"

    If he was speeding/racing in public streets, I think he was brain damaged way before the crash...

  • nicemarmot

    FLIDs'll get ya every time.

  • nyorker555

    ugh -- terrible news. We put our own lives in other idiot's hands when we drive.

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